‘The competition piece because we do pride ourselves in having different forms of communication in our offseason program, excuse me competition in our offseason program. And so you know again I give credit to Eric Ciano and his strength staff and what they’ve done getting creative. Really, really finding different ways to reach out to the players to at least establish some sense of accountability in terms of how we know that they’re working out and all that type of all that type of jazz.’
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Bills DT Harrison Phillips is optimistic he’ll be ready for training camp
‘“It’s gonna be like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. I have so much emotion even thinking about it. It’s gonna be amazing, I can’t wait and I’m even more happy to do it for this team and for this city and stuff. I’ve put in hundreds and hundreds and thousands of hours working out and rehabbing and doing everything to get ready for that moment so I just can’t wait to live it,” Phillips explained.’
In terms of on the field, McDermott’s biggest concern for the Bills is the timing of the passing game
‘”When you look at Stefon’s production over the course of his career that speaks for itself. He’s played in big games, he’s had big roles in those games,” said McDermott. “We believe its been shown and proven that people are able to come to Buffalo and become the best version of themselves. And he’s certainly been awfully good to this point. Its an opportunity for him to grow and its an opportunity for us to get a good football player that will help us win. It would be a lot easier to get to know one another if we were together but the communication to this point has been top notch.”‘
Sean McDermott ready to tackle virtual offseaon
‘“I know you’ve got to score points in this league to win games,” he adds. “And I think to have a balanced football team, we need to score points and that’s been an emphasis and a theme that we’ve talked about since the end of the season last year. I’m encouraged by what we’ve added personnel-wise to help us in that category, as well as the work that our offensive staff has done this offseason.”’
Sean McDermott on culture, competition and scoring points.
‘It’s no surprise that Bills head coach Sean McDermott started his Zoom conference call by talking about the way he is trying to build culture (virtually) and build competition (when they get on the field). But the defensive minded head coach made a point of saying he knows what needs to be done to win big and that is scoring more points.’
Bills Hot Seat: Stephen Hauschka
‘We knew the Bills had the strongest roster going into the Draft they’ve had in a long time, but drafting a Kicker in round six only proved that more.’
Lorenzo Alexander on A.J. Epenesa taking over the No. 57 jersey
‘Lorenzo Alexander loving the way you play, now I’d say that’s quite the endorsement.’
Training Camp at Fisher? Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the status of Bills Camp
‘Buffalo has been scaling back practices at Fisher for the last two season, and with the Bills adding a huge new training facility it already seems like the writing is on the wall in terms of the long term plans for the team.’
3 key takeaways from Sean McDermott’s offseason conference call
‘”We felt like the team or teams that came out of this the most prepared, the most unified would potentially have a competitive advantage. Now that remains to be seen, but we felt like when things kicked off really a week ago that we were ready to go. And I give I give our staff a lot of credit for that.”‘
Quarantine Q&A: Dawson Knox
‘Thankfully, my family’s here in Nashville and I have my own place in Nashville, but I’m able to see them almost every day – my little brothers and my little sister. My parents’ house is just 15 minutes down the road. I’ve been able to work out with my brother some and then my little brothers, who are 8 and 10, named Nate and Isaiah, they’re adopted, I’m able to go play basketball outside with them in our backyard. We go fishing sometimes in a local neighborhood pond, so we’re still able to get out and do some stuff outside when the weather is nice. I’ve been able to see a whole lot of family over the last few weeks.’
Bills Today | Have the Bills made enough moves to improve their offensive productivity?
‘”I think a lot of defensive head coaches and maybe head coaches overall have a tendency to pad their side of the ball personnel-wise,” McDermott said. “I don’t want to do that. You’ve got to score points in this league to win games. I think to have a balanced football team, we need to score points. That’s been an emphasis and a theme that we’ve talked about since the end of the season last year. I’m encouraged by what we’ve added personnel-wise to help us in that category, as well as the work that our offensive staff has done this offseason.”‘